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Summary

A linear bank is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. It is interpreted as a relict post-medieval field boundary or lynchet which formed or was constructed at the change of slope. Earthwork remains survive and divide the higher, more scrubby part of the slope from the lower more gently sloping part.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1837 AD (Between))

Full description

1837, Map of the Parish of Alwington in the county of Devon (Cartographic). SDV349341.

No field boundary is depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4001-4002 16-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.

A linear earthwork bank or lynchet is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 272 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.

The linear earthwork bank is clearly visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3925 22-AUG-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349178.

A linear earthwork bank is visible; the hillslope south of the feature is scrub covered, whilst the area north of the feature is grassland.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A bank approximately 2.2 metres wide is visible as a linear earthwork on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. It is aligned east to west, along the countour, and is interpreted as a former field boundary, or possibly a lynchet, which formed or was constructed at the change of slope. Its straight form suggests that it is post-medieval in date, although it is not depicted on the 1837 Tithe map, and any formal land division therefore is likely to have ceased prior to the mid-nineteenth century. However a difference in vegetation between the lower, northern, and higher steeper southern sides of the bank is visible on aerial photographs from the 1970s onwards. This suggests that the landuse still differs depending on the steepness of the slope. Earthwork remains are likely to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV349083	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79010. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79010 272 16-APR-1979. [Mapped feature: #61786 ]
SDV349178	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS3925 22-AUG-2007.
SDV349339	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4001-4002 16-APR-1946.
SDV349341	Cartographic: 1837. Map of the Parish of Alwington in the county of Devon. Tithe Map.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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